Stranger than Fiction (2006 film)
2006
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This new adaptation of James Thurber's classic is big, winsome and professionally polished, but it lacks any sense of what life might actually be like for the kind of "ordinary man" that Walter Mitty represents.
Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller), an employee at Life magazine, spends day after monotonous day developing photos for the publication. To escape the tedium, Walter inhabits a world of exciting...
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- Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
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Rated 4.5/5 Stars • 03/09/24. If you're already a fan of Danny Kaye, you'll enjoy The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. This movie is basically a playground for the actor, allowing him to...
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- Comedy
User Reviews. Ben Stiller is Walter Mitty, a man who looks as if he does nothing, is nothing and is perceived as nothing. Except for during his little fantasies in which he is a hero, but during these weirds moments in which he dozes off, others write him off.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ticks all the boxes for a sweet-natured family film and is spectacular on many levels. Full Review | Aug 24, 2018
Dec 23, 2013 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a sweet and well-meaning movie whose intent is to inspire and uplift its audience, but it approaches its message with all the subtlety of a sugar rush.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Directed by Ben Stiller. With Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jon Daly, Kathryn Hahn. When both he and a colleague are about to lose their job, Walter takes action by embarking on an adventure more extraordinary than anything he ever imagined.
The story of a guy who never goes anywhere or does anything. Until he goes everywhere and does everything, but he might as well have stayed home. See all 39 reviews on Metacritic.com. See all external reviews for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
Dec 25, 2013 · Review scoring. good. Stiller's earnest retelling of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a sumptuous looking, intermittently effective fable. Jim Vejvoda. Read Review. Summary. A timid...
Dec 24, 2013 · An archetypal daydreamer introduced to the public by James Thurber as a henpecked suburban husband and later impersonated on screen by Danny Kaye as a misunderstood, starry-eyed sweetheart with a...
